Posts by Sophie Clearwater
TEA can now release 2023 A-F accountability ratings
[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) – On Thursday, a judge with Texas’ 15th Court of Appeals ruled that the Texas Education Agency (TEA) can now release its 2023 A-F school accountability ratings. “A through F is a bill I championed when I was in the senate, I championed when I was the chair of public education and…
Read MoreTexas Lottery Commission hears public comment on proposed lottery courier ban
[ad_1] AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Proposed rule changes from the Texas Lottery Commission (TLC) would allow the commission to revoke the license from any retailer that sells tickets to or works with a lottery courier service, which allow people to buy lottery tickets online or through an app. On Thursday, the commission held a public comment…
Read MoreRori Harmon, Madison Booker, Vic Schaefer paid for Texas students to go to Final Four
[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN)—The NCAA Final Four is similar to a bowl game during football season in many regards. One is that the players are celebrated everywhere they go and showered with free merchandise and swag. The Texas Longhorns love it, of course, but they know it’s a business trip Friday night in Tampa, Florida. Texas…
Read MoreHow did young people go so wrong they cheer killers and rapists of Hamas?
[ad_1] I’ll be launching my new book Friday afternoon at Columbia University. “On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization” will be available from all good bookshops on April 8th and is available for pre-order now. I accepted the invitation from the good students of Columbia because it is at just such…
Read MoreBill Gates’ Ex-Wife Melinda French Gates Reveals Where They Stand After His “Regret” Comment – E! Online
[ad_1] Melinda French Gates and Bill Gates’ relationship isn’t binary. In fact, the former couple—who share kids Jennifer, 28, Rory, 25, and Phoebe, 22—still maintain a friendship despite their breakup in 2021 after 27 years of marriage. “Naturally, Bill and I see each other every now and then at family events, such as graduations,” Melinda…
Read MoreSome Texas lawmakers want to overhaul school discipline. Many worry the plan goes too far
[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) — While school choice takes center stage in the Texas legislature, a series of bills that would expand how a school district can discipline students is also moving forward. One proposed bill would allow school districts to file a civil suit to remove students from a campus and place them in an…
Read MoreChris Pratt Shares Update on His and Katherine Schwarzenegger’s Kids After Illnesses – E! Online
[ad_1] Born in 1993, Patrick is the oldest son of Arnold and Maria. And while having parents in the business is great and all, he’s also credited his brother-in-law Chris with helping him nab one plum part. “I remember when Chris said, ‘Hey you know there’s this young role, Donny Mitchell, you’ll be the youngest…
Read MoreFusing Virtual World-Building and Brushwork, Emma Webster Reimagines the Landscape Tradition
[ad_1] An installation view of Emma Webster’s exhibition “Vapors” at Perrotin Hong Kong. Photo: Mengqi Bao, courtesy of Perrotin Pushing the limits of figuration and abstraction and of fiction and fantasy in our relationship to nature, British-American artist Emma Webster has embarked on an aesthetic, philosophical and spiritual examination of contemporary perceptions of landscape, navigating…
Read MoreBorder Report Live: US fights smugglers by land, air and sea
[ad_1] EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — The U.S. continues sending resources to the U.S.-Mexico border, and even some out to sea. The U.S. Coast Guard this week invited reporters to see how they stop other vessels suspected of smuggling migrants. US Coast Guard ‘tripled’ personnel to prevent maritime human smuggling Due to inclement weather,…
Read MoreKaitlyn Bristowe Makes Rare Comments About Ex-Fiancé Shawn Booth 6 Years After Breakup – E! Online
[ad_1] Kaitlyn Bristowe is taking hold of a thorny rose. The Bachelor Nation star recently unpacked her past relationship with ex Shawn Booth, to whom she got engaged in 2015 on season 11 of The… [ad_2] Source link
Read More'A hard fought win': Austin-Travis County EMS vacancies at lowest rate in years
[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) — More medics will respond to calls across the city and county as Austin-Travis County EMS continues to grow its staff. The department graduated its largest cadet class in history in March. “We graduated 38 sworn field providers. So those new cadets hit the streets. They are now sworn medics,” ATCEMS Chief…
Read MoreMissing 31-year-old man found dead near Llano River, LCSO says
[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man who was reported missing last week in Llano was found dead near the Llano River Wednesday morning, according to the Llano County Sheriff’s Office. Bradley “Ty” Tribble, 31, was reported missing by family members around noon March 29, police said in a news release Thursday. That is when the…
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